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title: תְּחִלָּה — beginning · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּחִלָּה (8462), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: beginning. BDB 1906: n.f. beginning. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּחִלָּה

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«תְּחִלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **beginning** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 22 times · **Key:** 8462 · **BDB:** תְּחִלָּה

### Glosses

beginning (10); the.beginning (6); first (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

beginning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8462/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. beginning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8462/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. beginning, הַתְּחִלָּה Ne 11:17 (read הַתְּהִלָּה 𝔊 𝔙 SS Öt), בַּתְּחִלָּה Gn 13:3 + 10 times; cstr. תְּחִלַּת Ho 1:2 Pr 9:10 Ec 10:13, בִּתְחִלַּת 2 K 17:25 + 4 times, ͦתְחִלַּת 2 S 21:9, מִתְּחִלַּת 2 S 21:10:—cstr. with nouns תּ׳ חָכְמָה Pr 9:10 the beginning, first principle of wisdom תּ׳ דִּבְרֵי Ec 10:13 the first word, sq. rel. clause תּ׳ דִּבֶּר י׳ at the beginning of, Yahweh spake (= when Yahweh first spake) Ho 1:2; preceded by prep. מִן 2 S 21:10, elsewhere by בְּ in beginning, of the harvest Ru 1:22 2 S 21:9 (Qr), of the kingdom Ezr 4:6, of their dwelling there 2 K 17:25, of supplications Dn 9:23, of the shooting up of vegetation Am 7:1, כְּבַתְּ׳ as in the beginning Is 1:26; בַּתְּ׳ at first, first in order Ju 1:1; 20:18(×2) 2 S 17:9; at the first, first (or former) time, i.e. first in a series of occurrences, Gn 13:3 (J), 41:21 (E), 43:18, 20 (J), Dn 8:1; 9:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּחִלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8462/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 9:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.10/)

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תְּחִלַּ֣ת חָ֭כְמָה יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת קְדֹשִׁ֣ים בִּינָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is.the\].beginning of.wisdom the.fear of.Yahweh and.\[the\] knowledge of.\[the\].holy.\[one(s)\] \[is\].understanding

*JPS 1917:* The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding.

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[Ecclesiastes 10:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.10.13/)

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תְּחִלַּ֥ת דִּבְרֵי־פִ֖יהוּ סִכְל֑וּת וְאַחֲרִ֣ית פִּ֔יהוּ הוֹלֵל֖וּת רָעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.beginning of.the.words his.mouth his \[is\].folly and the.end his.mouth his \[is\].madness evil

*JPS 1917:* The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is grievous madness.

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